2023 Challenge Completed!

Another Year, another dollar...
As the uptick to the season winds down and a new year begins, we have made it through another year, somewhat unscathed. A few misguided packages and returned envelopes, all in all, not a bad season. My present to myself this year was a new Boss snow plow and I am thoroughly impressed, funded in part a casino.(not to self: win once and you will never win again, so don't try, they will not allow it.) The new snow plow, though only used a few times this year appears to be much better built than my last plow, but only time and usage will tell on that front. I hope everyone got what they wanted (and deserved) for the holidays, including some nehr-do-wells if you catch my drift. My next present to myself post holiday I got in December, as I fell for the marketing gimmick of aisle presentation at the lumberyard big box store, after all, who in the North East does not require a heated jacket (non-plow related). As we (g)usher in a new year, I wish everyone prosperity and a safe and happy new year, happy being operative due to the current climate of times in general. Currently I have no grandiose plans for upcoming year like I normally do. Like a dog that's been beat too much, simply surviving seems to be the goal at hand. Possibly something will come along in this ever-churning thing called a brain of mine but like the plow, only time will tell. Looming closer to a retirement age, many additional thoughts run through the mind regarding personal direction and sustainability. Who-da-thunk there would ever be a time where 9 to 5 was not the course of the day, but with the current economic climate this type of change may be postponed for another 20 years or so if I can survive the time.

Happy New Year 2024

May all the forces be with you! frrp...